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egypt's president, mohammed morsi, was in brussels today, where he denounced wednesday's violence for the first time. his previous failure to do so had caused concern in washington. and president obama had a pointed answer on egypt in an interview last night with spanish-language telemundo. >> i don't think that we'd consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy. they are a new government that's trying to find its way. they were democratically elected, and we need to see how they respond to this incident. in some cases, they've said the right things; in some, they've taken steps not aligned with our interests. >> woodruff: morsi spoke with mr. obama last night and asked for action against the maker of the inflammatory video, titled "the innocence of muslims." >> ( translated ): i called him in order to ask him to put an end to such behavior. and of course, we assured president obama that we will be keen and we will not permit any such event, any such occurrence in our country against the embassy territories in the future. >> woodruff: today, in washington, secretary of st
egypt's president, mohammed morsi, was in brussels today, where he denounced wednesday's violence for the first time. his previous failure to do so had caused concern in washington. and president obama had a pointed answer on egypt in an interview last night with spanish-language telemundo. >> i don't think that we'd consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy. they are a new government that's trying to find its way. they were democratically elected, and we need to see how...
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>> this was a major moment for mohamed mursi. there were a lot of doubts about how he would lead egypt? whether he would maintain the peace agreement with israel. he can be, based on this performance, i think an important partner for the united states. >> suarez: ambassador burns, hisham melhem, good to talk to you both. >> thank you upon >> brown: and now to the conflict in syria. nato said today that it would consider a turkish request to deploy patriot missiles to protect itself from syrian attacks. turkey and syria share a 560 mile border and after syrian mortar rounds landed in turkish territory, concerns have risen that the civil war fighting could spread further. in margaret warner's latest report, she examines the spill-over that's already happening. >> reporter: nestled up against the border with syria, ceylanpinar, turkey has an all- too-up-close view of the civil war next door, as fighting rages in its syrian twin city of ras- al-ain. for days last week on the syrian side, president bashar al assad's forces fought rebe
>> this was a major moment for mohamed mursi. there were a lot of doubts about how he would lead egypt? whether he would maintain the peace agreement with israel. he can be, based on this performance, i think an important partner for the united states. >> suarez: ambassador burns, hisham melhem, good to talk to you both. >> thank you upon >> brown: and now to the conflict in syria. nato said today that it would consider a turkish request to deploy patriot missiles to...
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and protesters clashed in cairo's tahrir square and elsewhere in egypt today, sparked when president mohamed morsi granted himself broad new powers. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the widespread demonstrations, and assess what's behind the egyptian leader's moves. >> brown: then, the death toll in syria's 20-month war has climbed past 40,000, according to a human rights group. we get an update from margaret warner, reporting from the turkish border. >> suarez: we continue our conversations with newly-elected senators. judy woodruff talks with virginia democrat tim kaine. >> i intend to hit the ground on january 3 very much running. > running. we can make progress quickly if we listen to each other and find those points of common ground they think do exist. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> suarez: spencer michels has the story of a growing crackdown on dissidents and journalists in iran. >> brown: and we close with poet jennifer fitzgerald on hurricane sandy's destructive path thr
and protesters clashed in cairo's tahrir square and elsewhere in egypt today, sparked when president mohamed morsi granted himself broad new powers. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the widespread demonstrations, and assess what's behind the egyptian leader's moves. >> brown: then, the death toll in syria's 20-month war has climbed past 40,000, according to a human rights group. we get an update from...
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new fuel was added this week when a french satirical magazine published crude cartoons of mohammed. hoping to ease the tensions, the u.s. embassy in islamabad began airing an ad on pakistani television yesterday with clips of secretary clinton and president obama. >> we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. >> brown: pakistan's relations with the u.s. had already been tense over american drone attacks in pakistani territory and the seal raid that killed osama bin laden in 2011. after her washington meeting today, the pakistani foreign minister avoided directly criticizing the riots in her country. but she did voice gratitude for the u.s. response to the video. >> your condemnation has given a strong message that the united states government not only condemns it, but has absolutely no support for such blasphemous videos or content anywhere. i think that is an important message. i think that should go a long way in ending the violence on many streets in the world. >> brown: but in iran, at a military parade, president mahmoud ahmadinejad accused the u.s. and
new fuel was added this week when a french satirical magazine published crude cartoons of mohammed. hoping to ease the tensions, the u.s. embassy in islamabad began airing an ad on pakistani television yesterday with clips of secretary clinton and president obama. >> we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. >> brown: pakistan's relations with the u.s. had already been tense over american drone attacks in pakistani territory and the seal raid that killed...
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. >> ifill: protests surrounding egyptian president mohammed morsi's recent power grab and a hastily drafted constitution turned violent again today. jeffrey brown reports. >> brown: police outside the presidential palace in cairo retreated this evening after a crowd broke through their lines. officers fired back with tear gas but eventually a loud... allowed protestors to make their way to the palace gates. some threw stones toward the billing. security officials said president mohammed morsi left the palace as the demonstrations grew larger, reportedly to more than 100,000. it has become commonplace in the last few weeks. they follow morsi's recent decree that expands his powers and hastily drafted constitution put together by an islamist dominated committee. >> we won't be able to speak. there won't be a court that we can go talk to. he has made himself a force and he said it is a rather force. this is something we cannot believe. we've been 0 years being betrayed. we won't believe morsi. he will remain seated in the chair and not leave it. >> brown: on another front several of eg
. >> ifill: protests surrounding egyptian president mohammed morsi's recent power grab and a hastily drafted constitution turned violent again today. jeffrey brown reports. >> brown: police outside the presidential palace in cairo retreated this evening after a crowd broke through their lines. officers fired back with tear gas but eventually a loud... allowed protestors to make their way to the palace gates. some threw stones toward the billing. security officials said president...
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you can watch all of our monday interview with opposition leader mohammed el-baradei. find a link on our home page. >> ifill: now, a second look at a science story that captured headlines this year. the federal government has taken new steps to limit some of the research it does with chimpanzees, which have long been the source of hope and debate. but questions remain about whether those experiments should occur under any circumstances. "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brien reports. >> reporter: there are no other animals quite like them, except us. they share 99% of our d.n.a. and it shows. they scheme, plot and fight. they care for their babies and they grieve their dead. and they love a good game of catch. as i discovered, queenie had little patience for my wild pitches. >> did you see her stomp her foot? >> reporter: she's very mad at me. those very similarities are at the core of a heated debate over whether scientists should keep using chimpanzees for scientific and medical research. do we owe our cousins something more? here, they say we do. welcome to
you can watch all of our monday interview with opposition leader mohammed el-baradei. find a link on our home page. >> ifill: now, a second look at a science story that captured headlines this year. the federal government has taken new steps to limit some of the research it does with chimpanzees, which have long been the source of hope and debate. but questions remain about whether those experiments should occur under any circumstances. "newshour" science correspondent miles...
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. >> woodruff: the fury over a film that attacks the prophet mohammed spilled into more of the muslim world today, even as the middle east calmed. in several countries, including afghanistan, police used force to defend u.s. diplomatic and military sites. for the first time violent protests that eruptedded last week spread to indonesia. the world's most populous muslim nation. outside the u.s. embassy in jakarta, hundreds of people threw rocks and fire bombs and battledded with police in their fury over an anti-islamic film made in the u.s. >> there is no other way. those who insult the prophet mohammed, whoever he is, must die. >> woodruff: meanwhile in southwest asia, hundreds of pakistanis chanted "down with america" and tried to scale barriers outside the u.s. consulate in lahore. police fought back with riot batons. >> the police are carrying out atrocities against us. the world is watching. we are condemning this anti-muslim film through this protest and saying to the government that all the consulate and diplomats should be sent back to the u.s. >> woodruff: and there were simi
. >> woodruff: the fury over a film that attacks the prophet mohammed spilled into more of the muslim world today, even as the middle east calmed. in several countries, including afghanistan, police used force to defend u.s. diplomatic and military sites. for the first time violent protests that eruptedded last week spread to indonesia. the world's most populous muslim nation. outside the u.s. embassy in jakarta, hundreds of people threw rocks and fire bombs and battledded with police in...
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but it did portray an excerpt from it that was put on youtube, actions by the prophet mohammed, that people in the region felt were sensitive in the same way that christians might feel about the portrayal of jesus in controversial. this is a sensitive issue for people of all faiths, and muslims at this particular juncture, so sensitive about the roles and tensions of the outside world, in countries as they are reclaiming control of their own faith and fate, political fate, you know, can trigger exceptional or extraordinary responses. but, again, by a tiny minority. when you look at egypt, 2,000 people in a country with 85 million people. that's almost infii tes mali small but it happened on 9/11 and it was something that echoed takeover of the u.s. embassy in iran in 1979. it clearly inflames us as well. the tragedy this is a very small minority of people in both countries. >> ifill: tell me about the salafi muslims. they may have been stirring up some of this? >> they have certainly behind the behind some of the attacks in libya. they've attacked other western targets. my reading of
but it did portray an excerpt from it that was put on youtube, actions by the prophet mohammed, that people in the region felt were sensitive in the same way that christians might feel about the portrayal of jesus in controversial. this is a sensitive issue for people of all faiths, and muslims at this particular juncture, so sensitive about the roles and tensions of the outside world, in countries as they are reclaiming control of their own faith and fate, political fate, you know, can trigger...
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we talk with opposition leader mohamed el-baradei. consider a sad day in my view for it is going to institutionalize -- >> ifill: the legal showdown between california health center that discusses marijuana and >> ifill: we have the story of a legal showdown between a california health center that dispenses marijuana and federal authorities. >> just people feel safe coming here. like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. >> brown: open season in congress look >> brown: seven weeks after election day, there are open seats in congress. we look at contests in three senate races. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro profiles a priest who became a doctor to help haiti's poor and orphaned children. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with the editor of a new anthology of verse: 100 poems written over 100 years. >> it doesn't have poetry. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alf
we talk with opposition leader mohamed el-baradei. consider a sad day in my view for it is going to institutionalize -- >> ifill: the legal showdown between california health center that discusses marijuana and >> ifill: we have the story of a legal showdown between a california health center that dispenses marijuana and federal authorities. >> just people feel safe coming here. like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. >> brown: open season in congress look...
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. >> reporter: hundreds turned out to bury mohammed hilal, to mourn the loss of a 22-year-old student who gave out polio vaccine in his spare time. but they also came to express public outrage at this week's murders. nine young people, six of them women, one just 17, have been gunned down since monday, and not at random. a series of coordinated assassinations targeting an annual three day polio vaccination campaign. >> ( translated ): we go out door to door and risk our lives to save innocent children from being permanently handicapped. for what? so that our coming generations turn out to be healthy. we work for our country and we are being rewarded in the form of death. what kind of justice is this? why are we targeted and killed? >> reporter: until someone claims responsibility, we won't know why. the taliban haven't come forward, but extreme islamist groups have long opposed western health interventions and the role for women in campaigns. frustration is compounded by the fact they were making such good progress. there were just 56 cases of polio in pakistan this year, the lowest e
. >> reporter: hundreds turned out to bury mohammed hilal, to mourn the loss of a 22-year-old student who gave out polio vaccine in his spare time. but they also came to express public outrage at this week's murders. nine young people, six of them women, one just 17, have been gunned down since monday, and not at random. a series of coordinated assassinations targeting an annual three day polio vaccination campaign. >> ( translated ): we go out door to door and risk our lives to...
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warner: how big a move is this on mohammed morsi's part and why did he do it? >> president morsi did this to roll back restrictions on his power that were put in place just before he was declared the winner of the presidential election in june. so he has overturned this supplementary constitutional declaration that gave the military broad political powers, and he also, of course, replaced the powerful defense minister who was in his job for more than 20 years, and the chief of staff as well as several others: the commander of the air force, the navy, et cetera. there was a whole bunch of military replacements. >> warner: if you look at it in the big picture, is is this president morsi trying to shift power, consolidate power in the presidency and to diminish the military? was it a question of getting rid of elevating people he thought were more loyal? >> it's a matter of putting the military back into the place that they occupied before president mubarak was removed in february 2011. so putting the military back into purely a military role and removing them fro
warner: how big a move is this on mohammed morsi's part and why did he do it? >> president morsi did this to roll back restrictions on his power that were put in place just before he was declared the winner of the presidential election in june. so he has overturned this supplementary constitutional declaration that gave the military broad political powers, and he also, of course, replaced the powerful defense minister who was in his job for more than 20 years, and the chief of staff as...
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all three oppose islamist president mohammed morsi and the country's new constitution. the new u.s. senator from hawaii democrat brian schatz was sworn in today. he'd been lieutenant governor for the last two years. now, he replaces fellow democrat daniel inouye, who died this month at the age of 88. schatz took the oath of office on the senate floor after being tapped by hawaii's governor. the new senator said he'll seek election in his own right, in 2014. inouye wanted hawaii congresswoman colleen hanabusa to take his seat. she said today she respects the governor's choice. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to margaret. >> warner: we turn now to russia, where a proposed new law on adoptions, causing alarm in the united states, came a step closer to being enacted today. ray suarez has the story. >> reporter: in moscow today, president vladimir putin said he does intend to sign a bill that bars americans from adopting russian children. >> you know, after all in the world there are probably a lot places where the quality of life is better than here, but so what? ar
all three oppose islamist president mohammed morsi and the country's new constitution. the new u.s. senator from hawaii democrat brian schatz was sworn in today. he'd been lieutenant governor for the last two years. now, he replaces fellow democrat daniel inouye, who died this month at the age of 88. schatz took the oath of office on the senate floor after being tapped by hawaii's governor. the new senator said he'll seek election in his own right, in 2014. inouye wanted hawaii congresswoman...
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within the last 24 hours the country has seen the worst violence since president mohamed morsi was elected in june. seven people were killed and more than 600 hurt during overnight clashes in cairo outside the presidential palace. we have a report from jonathan rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: last year, they ousted a dictator. last night, they turned against one another. religious and secular egyptians fighting outside the palace of their first freely-elected president. after riot police gave up keeping the two warring sides apart. seven people were killed and hundreds were injured. both sides were armed with clubs, but eyewitnesses said the first gunfire came from president morsi's supporters. the president's opponents let off fireworks. but they say they won't back down until the president gives up sweeping new powers or resigns. this morning, the army moved in. not to mount a military coup, but to defend a president they would once have jailed for his political views. the commander of these troops said these tanks were just to keep rival factions apart. but if mr.
within the last 24 hours the country has seen the worst violence since president mohamed morsi was elected in june. seven people were killed and more than 600 hurt during overnight clashes in cairo outside the presidential palace. we have a report from jonathan rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: last year, they ousted a dictator. last night, they turned against one another. religious and secular egyptians fighting outside the palace of their first...
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their refrain was "bread, freedom and sharia" or islamic law from supporters of president mohammed morsi in cairo. morsi, morsi, they chanted. reporters also gathered in the coastal city of alexandria this evening, just days before a referendum on a draft constitution. it would affirm many tenets of sharia as the law of the land. >> i support the president. i think that opponents of the president claim that egypt would turn into an islamic state. but the reality is if they do not want a constitution that contains islamic law and they fear the growth of the islamic political current. >> suarez: back in cairo, morsi's opponents gathered again, separated from the president's muslim brotherhood backers by barricades. >> all these barricades you see here will not stop a million revolutionaries. they will eat these stones, not demolish them. they will eat them. >> suarez: violence between the two sides last week killed seven and wounded hundreds. and before dawn today, masked gunman sprayed birth shot at protestors in tahrir square miles from the presidential palace. nine people were hurt. ami
their refrain was "bread, freedom and sharia" or islamic law from supporters of president mohammed morsi in cairo. morsi, morsi, they chanted. reporters also gathered in the coastal city of alexandria this evening, just days before a referendum on a draft constitution. it would affirm many tenets of sharia as the law of the land. >> i support the president. i think that opponents of the president claim that egypt would turn into an islamic state. but the reality is if they do...
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on sunday, libyan president mohammed el-megaref ordered all militias to obey the government or disband. in egypt today, 14 members of an extremist group were sentenced to death by hanging. the men were convicted in attacks on a police station and bank in the sinai peninsula in june of 2011. six of the men were present for sentencing but eight others were tried in absentia and remain fugitives. a former police chief at the heart of a major political scandal in china is facing 15 years in prison. that sentence was imposed today on wang lijun for trying to defect to the u.s., and helping cover up the murder of a british businessman. wang apologized for his crimes today in court. i truly express my repentance to the court for the criminal behavior in the law that i broke. i will pay off the pity and hurt that i caused throughout the rest of my life to the people and the party that care about me. for now i can only sincerely say that i'm sorry, i'm truly sorry i let you down. >> sreenivasan: the wang case led to the downfall of his former boss bo xilai, a once- powerful communist party lead
on sunday, libyan president mohammed el-megaref ordered all militias to obey the government or disband. in egypt today, 14 members of an extremist group were sentenced to death by hanging. the men were convicted in attacks on a police station and bank in the sinai peninsula in june of 2011. six of the men were present for sentencing but eight others were tried in absentia and remain fugitives. a former police chief at the heart of a major political scandal in china is facing 15 years in prison....
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matters, so one of the three people dismissed taished the chief of military police was dismissed by mohammed sentaoui, leader of the military council. president morrissey has faced some difficulty asserting his authority since becoming president, and the muslim brotherhood through which he rose to power has been focused on domestic issues. last week, the president from moated his cabinet, and most of the social services went to the muslim brotherhood freedom of justice party members, and the international and top positions, if you will in defense and finance, stayed within technocrats or with the mubarak regime, and so mubarak-- president morsey needed to sort of assert himself as president. this week, in a way, really exposed the limits of his presidency. he didn't attend the funeral for those 16 soldiers here. it was led by tentoui. his prime minister tried to attend and was attacked, and when he went to the attack say the, he could only spend 25 minutes there because of the security threat. and so in this balance of power, struggle, if you will, that's going on between the ruling military
matters, so one of the three people dismissed taished the chief of military police was dismissed by mohammed sentaoui, leader of the military council. president morrissey has faced some difficulty asserting his authority since becoming president, and the muslim brotherhood through which he rose to power has been focused on domestic issues. last week, the president from moated his cabinet, and most of the social services went to the muslim brotherhood freedom of justice party members, and the...
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. >> holman: in cairo, egypt's president mohammed morsi also denounced syria. he called again for president bashar al-assad to step down. meanwhile, "the new york times" cited reports that iraq is again allowing iran to use its air space to fly weapons to the syrian regime. the iraqis had shut down the air corridor earlier this year, under u.s. pressure. a former police chief who touched off a major scandal in china has been charged with defection, taking bribes and abusing his power. state media announced the charges against wang lijun today. in february, wang briefly took refuge at a u.s. consulate after being demoted as police chief in a city in southwestern china. that led to the ouster of bo xilai-- his former boss-- as communist party leader there. bo is still under investigation. last month, bo's wife gu kailai was given a suspended death sentence for the murder of a british businessman. in afghanistan, the military announced today it has arrested or expelled hundreds of soldiers, as part of an effort to stop so-called insider attacks on foreign troops.
. >> holman: in cairo, egypt's president mohammed morsi also denounced syria. he called again for president bashar al-assad to step down. meanwhile, "the new york times" cited reports that iraq is again allowing iran to use its air space to fly weapons to the syrian regime. the iraqis had shut down the air corridor earlier this year, under u.s. pressure. a former police chief who touched off a major scandal in china has been charged with defection, taking bribes and abusing his...
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global election reports, jeffrey brown updates the egyptian results as newly elected islamist president mohammed morsi begins to form his government. >> ifill: and from mexico, margaret warner previews the upcoming contest there. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: in here, the right minds from inside and outside the company come together to work on an idea. adding to it from the road, improving it in the cloud, all in realtime s. it's the at&t network. providing new ways to work together. so business works better. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just world. more information at... and wit and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. supreme court delivered its judgment today on the 2010 arizona immigration law that sparked a national debate. the outcome left both sides claiming
global election reports, jeffrey brown updates the egyptian results as newly elected islamist president mohammed morsi begins to form his government. >> ifill: and from mexico, margaret warner previews the upcoming contest there. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: in here, the right minds from inside and outside the company come together to work on an idea. adding to it from the road, improving it in the cloud, all in realtime...
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in khan el khalili marketplace, 60-year-old pensioner mohamed taha bemoaned the upheaval that has kept tourists and business away. >> ( translated ): we want life to go on. it doesn't matter if people say yes to constitution or say no. >> warner: but samer shehata says it may be hard for egypt to move on after the vote. if this referendum is adopted, is approved as expected, where does that leave egyptian society? >> it produces a very divided, polarized egyptian society, one in which many of those liberal secular voices will feel that the constitution is an illegitimate document, and that certainly is not healthy for democratic consolidation in egypt. >> warner: for an egypt still waiting for the promise of the revolution to be fulfilled in its citizens' daily lives, that would be a bleak prospect indeed. we asked two experts to weigh in on the discontent in egypt. read their responses on "the rundown." >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: a gunman walked into an elementary school in newtown, connecticut and killed 26 people, including 20 children. the killer then co
in khan el khalili marketplace, 60-year-old pensioner mohamed taha bemoaned the upheaval that has kept tourists and business away. >> ( translated ): we want life to go on. it doesn't matter if people say yes to constitution or say no. >> warner: but samer shehata says it may be hard for egypt to move on after the vote. if this referendum is adopted, is approved as expected, where does that leave egyptian society? >> it produces a very divided, polarized egyptian society, one...
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these foreigners are showing us a kind of islam which has never been prophet mohammed's message, taking knives and killing others. >> allahu akbar! >> reporter: the people of timbuktu have already seen what the islamists can do. last month, al qaeda's local allies set upon the city's famous sufi landmarks. the guardian of the mausoleum of alpha moya could do nothing but watch. the jihadis say the shrines are idolatrous. crowds came out in protest but to no avail. the islamists have since destroyed more shrines. the director of the national museum in bamako has a plan to protect both islamic and pre- islamic objects if the islamists come south. >> if the pure islam comes to bamako all this is threatened. >> reporter: this is beautiful. an animist terracotta statue from the fourteenth century like this is priceless, both in its monetary value and its cultural meaning. >> the taliban destroyed the buddha in afghanistan, what happened in timbuktu is quite the same. heritage is important for people because we all need to have the sense that we have an existence in the past. if someone wants
these foreigners are showing us a kind of islam which has never been prophet mohammed's message, taking knives and killing others. >> allahu akbar! >> reporter: the people of timbuktu have already seen what the islamists can do. last month, al qaeda's local allies set upon the city's famous sufi landmarks. the guardian of the mausoleum of alpha moya could do nothing but watch. the jihadis say the shrines are idolatrous. crowds came out in protest but to no avail. the islamists have...
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was the eve of a final-round vote on a draft constitution that's backed by islamists and president mohammed morsi. supporters of morsi and protesters threw rocks at each other, and riot police intervened with tear gas. officials said at least 40 people were injured. it was unclear who started the fight. north korea has detained an american citizen, and says he confessed to unspecified crimes. he was identified today as kenneth bae, a korean-american tour operator from washington state. north korean state media said he entered the country, with a tour, on november 3. the north has detained five other americans since 2009. all were released, eventually. american leaders past and present paid tribute today to the late senator daniel inouye of hawaii. a crowd filled the national cathedral in washington for the service honoring the japanese- american who became a war hero and served in the senate more than 50 years. president obama recalled watching inouye during the televised watergate hearings in 1973. >> to see this man, this senator, this powerful, accomplished person who was not a central c
was the eve of a final-round vote on a draft constitution that's backed by islamists and president mohammed morsi. supporters of morsi and protesters threw rocks at each other, and riot police intervened with tear gas. officials said at least 40 people were injured. it was unclear who started the fight. north korea has detained an american citizen, and says he confessed to unspecified crimes. he was identified today as kenneth bae, a korean-american tour operator from washington state. north...
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his decision to investigate bush era torture and then the decision to try khalid sheik mohammed in federal court in manhattan which was extremely controversial. beyond that, attorney general are always at the center of very divisive social issues. in the case of holder it's gay marriage, it's immigration, and it's civil rights issues. all of these issues have made him a kind of a vulnerable target in some ways for partisan attack. >> woodruff: staying with you. should we just consider this more of the same, that attorneys general always face this kind of scrutiny that they get swept up in some of the more, the bigger controversies of every administration? or has this reached a different level? >> well, if it's reached a different level it's only because i think washington has reached a higher level of recrimination and political partisanship. i've covered attorneys general going back 20 years. you know, as far as i remember there's never been a case where particularly in an election year, in the last year of a president's term, the opposition party has not gone after the attorney general.
his decision to investigate bush era torture and then the decision to try khalid sheik mohammed in federal court in manhattan which was extremely controversial. beyond that, attorney general are always at the center of very divisive social issues. in the case of holder it's gay marriage, it's immigration, and it's civil rights issues. all of these issues have made him a kind of a vulnerable target in some ways for partisan attack. >> woodruff: staying with you. should we just consider...
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president mohammed morsi and his muslim brotherhood backed the draft constitution. opponents warned it paves the way for islamic rule and curbsd on civil liberties. the six persian gulf arab nations demanded an end to what they called iranian interference. they issued a statement today as the end of the gulf cooperation council's annual summit. the statement gave no details. the six u.s.-allied countries also called for swift international action to end the bloodshed in syria.in in central asia, a military plane crashed early this morning in kazakhstan, killing 27in people, including the country's head of border security.ll the russian-made aircraft went down near the southern city of shymkent. the dead also included seven crew members and 19 border guards. there was no immediate word on the cause of the crash, but kazakhstan has been plagued by heavy winds and snow in recent weeks. the long-time actor charles durning died monday at his home in new york. he came to be known as the "king of the character actors" in a 50-year career that spanned 5 broadway, the movies
president mohammed morsi and his muslim brotherhood backed the draft constitution. opponents warned it paves the way for islamic rule and curbsd on civil liberties. the six persian gulf arab nations demanded an end to what they called iranian interference. they issued a statement today as the end of the gulf cooperation council's annual summit. the statement gave no details. the six u.s.-allied countries also called for swift international action to end the bloodshed in syria.in in central...
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over the weekend, presidential candidate mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood said if elected, he'd retry mubarek. >> we have true evidence to retry the criminals who killed the martyrs, who killed the revolutionaries, and the egyptian people. >> ifill: his opponent ahmed shafiq, the last prime minister under mubarak, lashed out at morsi's party. >> ( translated ): i represent the civil state while the muslim brotherhood represents a sectarian state. i represent development and improvement while they represent regression. >> ifill: more controversy emerged today. three losing candidates from the last round of voting said those results should be made invalid. they say 1.6 million ballots were illegally thrown out. more than 20 million people voted less than two weeks ago. and for more, i spoke a short time ago with nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers in cairo. nancy, thanks again for joining us: last time we spoke was right after the elections and everybody was still jubilant. now tonight we're seeing more turmoil again. what happened? >> well, the mubarak verdict in which he and h
over the weekend, presidential candidate mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood said if elected, he'd retry mubarek. >> we have true evidence to retry the criminals who killed the martyrs, who killed the revolutionaries, and the egyptian people. >> ifill: his opponent ahmed shafiq, the last prime minister under mubarak, lashed out at morsi's party. >> ( translated ): i represent the civil state while the muslim brotherhood represents a sectarian state. i represent development...
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. >> brown: meanwhile, the new islamist president of egypt mohamed morsi denounced the israelis. and his government asked the u.s. to press for an end to the offensive. but the obama administration lined up with the israelis. state department spokesman mark toner said the u.s. believes israel has the right to defend itself. >> our position is clear that there's no justification for the violence that hamas and other terrorist organizations are employing against israel. and the onus is on them to cease their rocket attacks so that this de-escalation can take place. >> suarez: earlier, i spoke with the israeli ambassador to the united states michael oren to discuss the latest developments. ambassador, what's the latest from tel aviv? where the strikes accurate? have missiles actually hit the city and is anyone snurt >> thankfully nobody was hurt. the rockets struck in the greater tel aviv area. the alarms went off. the sirens, prime minister netanyahu was in the city at the time to a bomb shelter and now this simply means that 4.5 million israelis-- over half the population of the s
. >> brown: meanwhile, the new islamist president of egypt mohamed morsi denounced the israelis. and his government asked the u.s. to press for an end to the offensive. but the obama administration lined up with the israelis. state department spokesman mark toner said the u.s. believes israel has the right to defend itself. >> our position is clear that there's no justification for the violence that hamas and other terrorist organizations are employing against israel. and the onus...
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in egypt, a political crisis deepened today as supporters and opponents of president mohammed morsi faced off in cairo. the two sides threw rocks, sticks and firebombs as night fell outside the presidential palace. at least 126 people were hurt. and there were reports that masked men set fire to morsi's political party headquarters. protests erupted last week after the president assumed sweeping powers and a committee dominated by islamists rushed through a new constitution. the nation's busiest port complex is back in business after an eight-day strike halted operations. the ports of los angeles and long beach, california reopened today after port operators and the worker's union reached an agreement late tuesday. the union said it won new protections against job outsourcing. port officials said during the walkout, they were unable to move some $760 million worth of cargo a day. wall street had a day of ups and downs and investors watched economic reports and weighed chances for a fiscal cliff deal in washington. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 82 points to close at 13,
in egypt, a political crisis deepened today as supporters and opponents of president mohammed morsi faced off in cairo. the two sides threw rocks, sticks and firebombs as night fell outside the presidential palace. at least 126 people were hurt. and there were reports that masked men set fire to morsi's political party headquarters. protests erupted last week after the president assumed sweeping powers and a committee dominated by islamists rushed through a new constitution. the nation's...
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meanwhile, at a conference in iran, syrian delegates walked out during a speech by the new egyptian leader mohammed morsi. he called the syrian regime oppressive and urged world support for the rebels. australia today mourned the deaths of five of its soldiers in afghanistan just hours apart. it marked the country's worst day of combat losses since the vietnam war. two of the soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash today, and three others died yesterday, when an afghan fired on them. overall, at least 54 international troops have been killed in afghanistan during august. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy and gwen in tampa. >> ifill: tonight's program focuses on mitt romney's story. and that's our focus, too. we begin with a look at one lasting achievement of his single term as governor of massachusetts. i traveled to the bay state earlier this month to explore that. >> thank you, thank you, mr. president, mr. speaker, i look forward to working with you. >> ifill: on the day mitt romney became governor of massachusetts, he was a brand new thing. a businessman-- the guy
meanwhile, at a conference in iran, syrian delegates walked out during a speech by the new egyptian leader mohammed morsi. he called the syrian regime oppressive and urged world support for the rebels. australia today mourned the deaths of five of its soldiers in afghanistan just hours apart. it marked the country's worst day of combat losses since the vietnam war. two of the soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash today, and three others died yesterday, when an afghan fired on them....
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president mohammed morsi ordered the parliament to reconvene, but that move was rejected by the highest court. instead it ruled the military's decision to disband parliament last month was final and binding. the country has been in political turmoil for nearly 17 months, when longtime leader hosni mubarak was overthrown. international envoy kofi annan tried to revive peace efforts in syria today. he met with president bashar al- assad in damascus, where the two agreed on an approach to restore calm. we have a report narrated by alex thomson of "independent television news." >> reporter: homs today and what amateur cameramen there said was sustained shelling yet again. certainly government armor is seen moving and firing on these deserted streets. a couple of hours drive south, and in the capital of damascus kofi annan again raising hopes of peace, recognizing his peace plan on the ground is ignored. >> they reassured me of the government's commitment to the six-point plan which of course we should move ahead to implement in a much better fashion than has been the situation so far. >> re
president mohammed morsi ordered the parliament to reconvene, but that move was rejected by the highest court. instead it ruled the military's decision to disband parliament last month was final and binding. the country has been in political turmoil for nearly 17 months, when longtime leader hosni mubarak was overthrown. international envoy kofi annan tried to revive peace efforts in syria today. he met with president bashar al- assad in damascus, where the two agreed on an approach to restore...
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sreenivasan: by the thousands, egyptians poured into the streets today to protest against president mohammed morsi. they attacked morsi's move to assume sweeping new powers and condemned a new constitution that was approved overnight by the president's islamist allies. opposition leaders joined the vast crowds in cairo's tahrir square today, and they vowed their protest would be open- ended. >> the message is clear. no one should think that the egyptian people are not capable. the egyptian people have moved from the level where they were told what to do to the level of real sovereignty. the egyptian people have to be heard. they have to consider the opinion of the egyptian people on any political decision. >> sreenivasan: the draft constitution drops language on women's equality and bans any language defaming prophets. it must now be put to a nationwide referendum. there was word today that israel has approved construction of 3,000 new homes in jewish settlements on the west bank. the associated press reported the development one day after the u.n. general assembly recognized palestine as a
sreenivasan: by the thousands, egyptians poured into the streets today to protest against president mohammed morsi. they attacked morsi's move to assume sweeping new powers and condemned a new constitution that was approved overnight by the president's islamist allies. opposition leaders joined the vast crowds in cairo's tahrir square today, and they vowed their protest would be open- ended. >> the message is clear. no one should think that the egyptian people are not capable. the...
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. >> reporter: but the secretary made little apparent headway with field marshall mohammed tantawi, the overall military leader. after their meeting he said the armed force was not allow a specific group, meaning the muslim brotherhood, to dominate egypt. it was another deadly day for nato forces in afghanistan. two foreign soldiers were killed by insurgents in the south. there was no immediate word on their nationalities. so far this year, 237 troops from the international coalition have died in afghanistan. at least 168 were americans. protesters in japan today staged one of their largest rallies yet, demanding an end to using nuclear power. organizers said up to 200,000 people marched through tokyo, with temperatures near 100 degrees. police put the crowd at 75,000. the rally came as japan moves to restart its nuclear reactors. all of the country's 50 reactors were taken offline after last year's earthquake and tsumani. the first major female star in country music, kitty wells, died today at her home in nashville. she'd suffered a stroke. wells was the first woman to hit number one o
. >> reporter: but the secretary made little apparent headway with field marshall mohammed tantawi, the overall military leader. after their meeting he said the armed force was not allow a specific group, meaning the muslim brotherhood, to dominate egypt. it was another deadly day for nato forces in afghanistan. two foreign soldiers were killed by insurgents in the south. there was no immediate word on their nationalities. so far this year, 237 troops from the international coalition have...
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he's mohammed mursi, a professor of engineering, the islamist candidate for president in an election which puts religious and secular egypt at political war. to his critics, mursi is fundamentalism's friendly face. to his supporters, he's a revolutionary hero. >> shafik is coming from the old regime, now i have no choice in choosing between shafik and morsi. my choice is morsi. >> reporter: in tahrir itself, the grass has died. the young liberals who led the revolution have left their manifestos, but it's a rather tacky tourist spot now, with street hawkers fiercely protecting their turf. shahira amin read the news on state television till she resigned to join the uprising last year. now, she's so disillusioned that she's boycotting the presidential vote. >> i'm very disappointed. very letdown. and i-- you know, we had the revolution to have a secular, civil, democratic state. and then to end up with, you know, a mubarak crony and islamist, none of the goals of the revolution have been fulfilled. and it's a struggle. >> pain you were expecting too much. >> we were expecting too much
he's mohammed mursi, a professor of engineering, the islamist candidate for president in an election which puts religious and secular egypt at political war. to his critics, mursi is fundamentalism's friendly face. to his supporters, he's a revolutionary hero. >> shafik is coming from the old regime, now i have no choice in choosing between shafik and morsi. my choice is morsi. >> reporter: in tahrir itself, the grass has died. the young liberals who led the revolution have left...
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later, the new, islamist president of egypt mohammed morsi also took on israel, over the plight of the palestinians. >> ( translated ): it is shameful that the free world would accept that a party in the international community may continue to deny the rights of a nation that looks to independence over decades, no matter what justification. it is also shameful that settlements continue on the territory of these people, the palestinian people. >> sreenivasan: morsi also said he won't rest until the civil war in syria comes to an end. and, he condemned the violence in muslim countries sparked by an anti-islamic video. but he argued that freedom of speech should not include freedom to insult religions. the u.s. army will stage a one- day stand down from normal duties tomorrow to focus on suicide prevention. through july, there had been 116 suicides among active-duty soldiers. that's up substantially from last year. the stand-down will not involve other branches of the military, and it will not apply to soldiers involved in combat operations or medical duties. nearly one in five u.s. house
later, the new, islamist president of egypt mohammed morsi also took on israel, over the plight of the palestinians. >> ( translated ): it is shameful that the free world would accept that a party in the international community may continue to deny the rights of a nation that looks to independence over decades, no matter what justification. it is also shameful that settlements continue on the territory of these people, the palestinian people. >> sreenivasan: morsi also said he won't...
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protesters in egypt staged nationwide rallies today against egyptian president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood. in cairo, more than 100,000 people filled tahrir square to condemn morsi's decree that makes his decisions immune to judicial review. earlier, there were clashes between protesters and police. the rallies were some of the largest since the overthrow of president hosni mubarak last year. in syria, government warplanes bombed towns in the north and east, in the face of new advances by rebel fighters. in one attack, the planes dropped barrels filled with explosives and gasoline just west of idlib city. reports of the dead ranged from five to 20. the regime is using intensive air raids to try to beat back rebel gains. forensic experts took samples from the remains of yasser arafat today, hoping to determine once and for all if the late palestinian leader was poisoned. arafat died in 2004. his body was briefly exhumed today in ramallah, on the west bank. we have a report from john ray of independent television news. >> reporter: eight years after they buried him they se
protesters in egypt staged nationwide rallies today against egyptian president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood. in cairo, more than 100,000 people filled tahrir square to condemn morsi's decree that makes his decisions immune to judicial review. earlier, there were clashes between protesters and police. the rallies were some of the largest since the overthrow of president hosni mubarak last year. in syria, government warplanes bombed towns in the north and east, in the face of new...
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the banner of mohammed, peace be upon his head, will be raised from where the sun rises to where it sets >> reporter: the military commander of al qaeda's local ally, defenders of the faith. 400 miles south in the maliian capital, a make-shift populous militia trains every evening. their mission: to take the north of their country back from the islamists. self-defense units like this are springing up across the country now. the people have got no faith in the army to defend them because they saw how the soldiers fled the moment the rebellion started in the north. but militias, some of them braced on tribe, can be very dangerous. there's no rule of law in mali now. on the night of april 1, islamists and local rebels drove into timbuktu. they had seized 87 pick-ups from the army, gifts of an american anti-terrorist program. by dawn they were in control. the maliian jihaddists, renown kidnappers of westerners. the local people are suffering. mobile phone footage shows a teenager being whipped for smoking. mali's capital is desperately poor. but nearly 200,000 northerners have fled here none
the banner of mohammed, peace be upon his head, will be raised from where the sun rises to where it sets >> reporter: the military commander of al qaeda's local ally, defenders of the faith. 400 miles south in the maliian capital, a make-shift populous militia trains every evening. their mission: to take the north of their country back from the islamists. self-defense units like this are springing up across the country now. the people have got no faith in the army to defend them because...
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they tried to challid sheikh mohammed in new york which say total disaster and now fast and furious this is serial incompetence so that is also part of the context here. and i think that there is-- just less tolerance for this on the hill because of a long cum latif record here. >> it showed a rather remarkable level of tolerance for the predecessor in the last administration. >> woodruff: and nobody is leer to speak up for the justice department. >> well, no, i mean-- i will speak up for 9 justice departments. and the career people there and what they have done but i don't think you can argue that fast and furious was a success. the only defense seems to it be was originated under the bush administration and that is not enough, i'm sorry. that just isn't validation or vindication. >> woodruff: viewpoint heard, viewpoint heard, mark shields, michael gerson, thank you both. >> brown: finally tonight, margaret warner has been in mexico all week as that nation prepares to vote for a new president on sunday. in her reporting, she visited juarez, the site of so much violence and met a photogr
they tried to challid sheikh mohammed in new york which say total disaster and now fast and furious this is serial incompetence so that is also part of the context here. and i think that there is-- just less tolerance for this on the hill because of a long cum latif record here. >> it showed a rather remarkable level of tolerance for the predecessor in the last administration. >> woodruff: and nobody is leer to speak up for the justice department. >> well, no, i mean-- i will...
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mohammed morsi, the muslim brotherhood candidate, said the rallies would go on, but he insisted they'll be peaceful. >> i announce and promise in front of all of you that there will not be any discrimination or any confrontation or violence to disrupt the security and stability of the country. this is all rumor about any violence. >> holman: the muslim brotherhood has said its count shows morsi won the presidential run-off last weekend. but his rival, former prime minister ahmed shafiq, insists he won. the ruling military council said today the brotherhood moved too quickly in declaring morsi the winner. the death penalty was thrown out today in arkansas. the state supreme court ruled the state's capital punishment law is unconstitutional. it said only the legislature may set execution policy, namely the chemicals to be used in lethal injections. the 2009 law gave that authority to the state department of corrections. there have been no executions in arkansas since 2005. on wall street, the stock market staged a comeback after thursday's big losses. shares in j.p. morgan-chase and other
mohammed morsi, the muslim brotherhood candidate, said the rallies would go on, but he insisted they'll be peaceful. >> i announce and promise in front of all of you that there will not be any discrimination or any confrontation or violence to disrupt the security and stability of the country. this is all rumor about any violence. >> holman: the muslim brotherhood has said its count shows morsi won the presidential run-off last weekend. but his rival, former prime minister ahmed...
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. >> reporter: the man who would be president is mohammed merthi, a 60-year-old physics professor. he pledged to represent all egyptians including the country's 10 million or so christians. but his victory speech may have been premature. because his rival shafiq, a retired air marshal from the old regime has not conceded defeat. the weekend's vote is still being counted and the result seems too close to call. as the day wore on, the traffic returned to tahrir. egypt may be in constitutional crisis because last night the army announced it was in charge of all law making as well as the budget and the writing of a new constitution. but it's too early to say whether the revolution in this sweltering city will reignite or not. if mr. mosi has lost, his supporters may well cry foul and protest. even if he's won he may be little more than a figure head. though egypt's military rulers today insisted they didn't want power and would hand it over to the new president by the end of this month. >> the elected president will be handed all powers vested in the power of the president. the head of
. >> reporter: the man who would be president is mohammed merthi, a 60-year-old physics professor. he pledged to represent all egyptians including the country's 10 million or so christians. but his victory speech may have been premature. because his rival shafiq, a retired air marshal from the old regime has not conceded defeat. the weekend's vote is still being counted and the result seems too close to call. as the day wore on, the traffic returned to tahrir. egypt may be in...
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. >> reporter: at the family market in working-class richmond, california, owner mohammed elzofri is deeply concerned about a new city council backed measure which would place a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweeteneed beverages. the controversial plan-- designed to cut consumption of sugar-- goes before voters in november. elzofri says about 80% of his customers buy some kind of sugary drink and the tax, he says, would add about 68 cents to a popular two liter drink. >> this will just hurt the poor people and hurt these business owners like myself. if people that want to drink sodas, they drink. i mean, everybody everywhere is going to you know, gain some weight. >> reporter: in fact the rising rates of diabetes and other weight related illnesses are at the heart of the debate now raging in richmond over the proposed tax. >> we have a big problem with childhood obesity in richmond as you probably know and it's a health disparity issue for us. fully a third of our latino fifth and seventh graders, and a third of our african american fifth and seventh graders are obese. >> reporter: ci
. >> reporter: at the family market in working-class richmond, california, owner mohammed elzofri is deeply concerned about a new city council backed measure which would place a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweeteneed beverages. the controversial plan-- designed to cut consumption of sugar-- goes before voters in november. elzofri says about 80% of his customers buy some kind of sugary drink and the tax, he says, would add about 68 cents to a popular two liter drink. >> this will...
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all across egypt this evening, people watched as president mohamed morsi spoke to state television interviewers addressed the nation. he defended his decision to grant himself powers free from judicial review. >> ( translated ): my responsibility is to protect this nation from any conspiracy or from any attempt to go backwards. as the country's president my responsibility, is to achieve justice and respect the laws and to lay down many rules in the absence of parliament until they convene and are able to vote on behalf of the people. >> brown: the islamist president also criticized the outpouring of protests against his actions. on tuesday, at least 200,000 people filled cairo's tahrir square, accusing morsi and his muslim brotherhood of hijacking last year's revolution. liberal and secular groups also condemned a move to fast-track a final vote on a new constitution. >> ( translated ): we want a constitution that represents all egyptian people, not one that represent a certain faction of egyptians. >> ( translated ): the constitutional panel tasked to >> brown: the constitution is being drafte
all across egypt this evening, people watched as president mohamed morsi spoke to state television interviewers addressed the nation. he defended his decision to grant himself powers free from judicial review. >> ( translated ): my responsibility is to protect this nation from any conspiracy or from any attempt to go backwards. as the country's president my responsibility, is to achieve justice and respect the laws and to lay down many rules in the absence of parliament until they convene...
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opponents of egyptian president mohammed morsi are sounding the call for nationwide protests again tomorrow against a constitution drafted by islamists. the opposition was bolstered after saturday's first round of voting on the document. only about a third of eligible voters turned out, as 57% approved the draft-- a much lower level of support than predicted. the second round of voting is saturday. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we pick up now on some of the major questions being asked about guns, mental health and other issues in the aftermath of the shootings. we get four perspectives. dan gross is the president of the brady campaign to end gun violence. david kopel is an adjunct professor of constitutional law at the university of denver and the research director for the libertarian-leaning independence institute. katharine nordal is with the american psychological association. and dr. irwin redlener is a pediatrician at columbia university who works on public and family health issues. he's the president of the children's health fund. we th
opponents of egyptian president mohammed morsi are sounding the call for nationwide protests again tomorrow against a constitution drafted by islamists. the opposition was bolstered after saturday's first round of voting on the document. only about a third of eligible voters turned out, as 57% approved the draft-- a much lower level of support than predicted. the second round of voting is saturday. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we pick up...
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it's being mediated by the egyptians by mohammed morsi and members of his cabinet. it's the first time he's had to negotiate something on this scale since winning the presidency in june. there's an israeli delegation here as well. the negotiations have been happening for a few days now. today we're hearing from people privately that there doesn't seem to be a particular sticking point but that both sides are... that's really being lost is the time that's having to happen between shuttling between two sides that won't face each other in the same room. remember though it's in everybody's interest to keep promising that this cease-fire agreement will come soon because of potential instability. if there isn't a promise of some sort of settlement to this, i think there's universal agreement that the worst case scenario is escalation. >> woodruff: nancy, what are the israelis asking for? >> i think very simply they're asking for hamas to stop launching rockets towards them. remember, this time it was significant in that a rocket reached the city of tel aviv which is a fir
it's being mediated by the egyptians by mohammed morsi and members of his cabinet. it's the first time he's had to negotiate something on this scale since winning the presidency in june. there's an israeli delegation here as well. the negotiations have been happening for a few days now. today we're hearing from people privately that there doesn't seem to be a particular sticking point but that both sides are... that's really being lost is the time that's having to happen between shuttling...
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the political crisis took a new turn, as two top appellate courts went on strike against president mohammed morsi. they said they won't return to work until morsi rescinds decrees giving himself near absolute power. at the same time, the supreme constitutional court rejected morsi's claims that it's undermining his government. >> ( translated ): the egyptian supreme constitutional court will not be terrorized from any threat or blackmail and it will not be subjected to any pressure from anyone, no matter how forcible the pressure. and the supreme constitutional court is ready to face this, whatever the consequences, which could be a high price, even if the price is the life of its judges. >> sreenivasan: the courts' actions came a day after nationwide protests against morsi's decrees. and late today, there was word the egyptian leader will address the country tomorrow about his actions and the response. rebels in eastern congo have begun pulling out of territory they seized from government troops just last week. neighboring countries had issued an ultimatum for the m-23 fighters to withdraw
the political crisis took a new turn, as two top appellate courts went on strike against president mohammed morsi. they said they won't return to work until morsi rescinds decrees giving himself near absolute power. at the same time, the supreme constitutional court rejected morsi's claims that it's undermining his government. >> ( translated ): the egyptian supreme constitutional court will not be terrorized from any threat or blackmail and it will not be subjected to any pressure from...
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fatima sidi mohammed's makeshift dwelling collapsed in the rain and wind. her neighbors helping her build another. she tells me she spent all her money hiring a vehicle to get to mauritania and now she has nothing. in the clinic, they're treating diseases caused by malnutrition and poor sanitation. health centers in the villages around timbuktu have stopped working and the islamists prevent women from leaving their homes. >> ( translated ): we're scared of everyone. you can't even go out to buy food, because your life is at risk. in the camp at least we feel safe and we're given food. >> reporter: sallama mint dells grandson hassan's getting treatment now, but he's in danger. it may be too late. the young men tell me they have neither jobs nor education. northern mali's always been deprived. the tuareg blame both the malian government and the islamists for their misfortune. >> ( translated ): the tuareg are victims just as the north is a victim. we expected that, because you can't have what you want without suffering. you can't get your identity without suf
fatima sidi mohammed's makeshift dwelling collapsed in the rain and wind. her neighbors helping her build another. she tells me she spent all her money hiring a vehicle to get to mauritania and now she has nothing. in the clinic, they're treating diseases caused by malnutrition and poor sanitation. health centers in the villages around timbuktu have stopped working and the islamists prevent women from leaving their homes. >> ( translated ): we're scared of everyone. you can't even go out...
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rejected a bid to bar former prime minister ahmad shafiq from this weekend's presidential runoff, against mohamed morsy, the muslim brotherhood candidate. shafiq served under ousted president hosni mubarak and his supporters hailed the ruling. >> ( translated ): this is only fair. we did not like the parliament result of parliamentary elections. i am very happy that the court did not disqualify shafiq and i am optimistic that he will become president. >> sreenivasan: a senior leader in the muslim brotherhood said the rulings amounted to a full- fledged coup by the ruling military, and by the judges, who are holdovers from the mubarak era. and islamist supporters gathered in the streets. >> ( translated ): everyone is here outside the court today demanding shafiq's disenfranchisement, as he is a remnant of the old guard. all political powers agree on the necessity to disqualify shafiq because this is a humiliation to egypt and its revolution. secretary of state hillary >> sreenivasan: in washington... secretary of state hillary clinton urged the military council to make a full transfer of power to
rejected a bid to bar former prime minister ahmad shafiq from this weekend's presidential runoff, against mohamed morsy, the muslim brotherhood candidate. shafiq served under ousted president hosni mubarak and his supporters hailed the ruling. >> ( translated ): this is only fair. we did not like the parliament result of parliamentary elections. i am very happy that the court did not disqualify shafiq and i am optimistic that he will become president. >> sreenivasan: a senior leader...
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. >> sreenivasan: egyptian president mohammed morsi called out the military today, ahead of next weekend's referendum on a new constitution. opposition forces say the document will enshrine the power of islamists and curb human rights. security forces were deployed today near the presidential palace where protesters remain camped out. they said it's not enough that morsi rescinded decrees that granted him near-absolute power. e new constitutional declaration canceled the first one but statement it contained the same statement as the previous one. he is playing with us and trying to gain time until the referendum. we understand that. nothing changes our position because we know he hasn't changed anything. >> sreenivasan: the anti-morsi faction has organized a new round of mass protests tomorrow. meanwhile, morsi's islamist supporters are planning a rival demonstration of their own. the president of venezuela, hugo chavez, flew to cuba today for his third cancer operation in the last year and a half. chavez was greeted by president raul castro upon his arrival in havana. chavez is scheduled
. >> sreenivasan: egyptian president mohammed morsi called out the military today, ahead of next weekend's referendum on a new constitution. opposition forces say the document will enshrine the power of islamists and curb human rights. security forces were deployed today near the presidential palace where protesters remain camped out. they said it's not enough that morsi rescinded decrees that granted him near-absolute power. e new constitutional declaration canceled the first one but...
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. >> we support mohamed morsi's correct decision and eventually the good from the bad will be distinguishable. we support dr. morsi. >> u.s. officials raised concerns about morsi's decree. today the state department's victoria newlyand called for calm. >> what is important to us is that these issues be slelgted through dialogues, that these issues be selgtzed democraticry. we are encouraged that the various important stakeholders in egypt are now talking to each other, that president morsi is consulting on the way forward but we're not going to prejudge where that will go. >> the domestic unrest has more than shadowed morsi's role in the cease-fire between israel and hamas. concern was growing about more trouble in cairo tomorrow. this afternoon, the muzz lum brotherhood spokesman said the party had postponed demonstrations tuesday to avoid bloodshed. >> brown: a short while ago i spoke with nancy youssef. nan nancy youssef, let's begin with the latest statements from president morsi's spokesman. it's hard to know whether the president is backing off or simply clarifying the pronouncements he
. >> we support mohamed morsi's correct decision and eventually the good from the bad will be distinguishable. we support dr. morsi. >> u.s. officials raised concerns about morsi's decree. today the state department's victoria newlyand called for calm. >> what is important to us is that these issues be slelgted through dialogues, that these issues be selgtzed democraticry. we are encouraged that the various important stakeholders in egypt are now talking to each other, that...
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it was in 1989 that salman rushdie's novel was denounced by muslims as blasphemy against the prophet mohammed igniting a fire storm. the book was banned and violent protest took place in parts of the islamic world. bookstores in britain that carried it were bombed. within several years the book's japannese translator killed, its norwegian publisher ahead. khomeini spiritual leader of islam's republic issued a decree for his death. the author went into hiding for nearly a decade before the fatwa was lifted. now salman rushdie has written a memoir titled joseph anton, the code name he used both on two of his favorite authors. welcome to you. >> thank you. before we get to the fatwa one of the things that fascinated was the description of your early years in india and educated in england. you present yourself as a secular muslim. but one trying to understand the religion and your role in it. >> i mean i grew up in a family in which there was very little religion. my father wasn't religious at all. but he was really interested in the subject of, you know, the birth and growth of islam. he basical
it was in 1989 that salman rushdie's novel was denounced by muslims as blasphemy against the prophet mohammed igniting a fire storm. the book was banned and violent protest took place in parts of the islamic world. bookstores in britain that carried it were bombed. within several years the book's japannese translator killed, its norwegian publisher ahead. khomeini spiritual leader of islam's republic issued a decree for his death. the author went into hiding for nearly a decade before the fatwa...
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the ensuing election of the muslim brotherhood's mohammed morsi raised new questions about the country's direction and its relationship with the u.s. and in syria an ongoing civil war threatens to spill into turkey, jordan and lebanon while islamic extremists threaten to overshadow the secular syrian groups backed by the west. we pick up on some of these questions with two men who have helped us analyze foreign policy challenges in the past. zbigniew brzezinski was national security advisor to president jimmy carter and now is at the center for strategic and international studies. walter russell mead is professor of foreign affairs and the humanities at bard college. i want to start with the latest on libya with hillary clinton taking the blame for security at the benghazi consulate. where does that leave the matter of the responsibility of the white house, pote for the specific incident and the larger libya policy? >> well, i think secretary clinton was absolutely right that specific security requests don't go up from the state department to the president. so it would be a mistake to sa
the ensuing election of the muslim brotherhood's mohammed morsi raised new questions about the country's direction and its relationship with the u.s. and in syria an ongoing civil war threatens to spill into turkey, jordan and lebanon while islamic extremists threaten to overshadow the secular syrian groups backed by the west. we pick up on some of these questions with two men who have helped us analyze foreign policy challenges in the past. zbigniew brzezinski was national security advisor to...
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. >> reporter: the muslim brotherhood candidate, mohammed morsi, is widely believed to have won, but it was a close-run thing and the military may yet announce that their man, general ahmed shafiq, is the victor. today's demonstrators are islamists, the secular young people who spearheaded last year's uprising now pushed to the margins. egypt's military and the brotherhood are pitted against each other as they have been for the last half century. >> the secular political parties and youth groups are divided between choosing one of the two evils, and the entire debate is on which is the lesser evil at the moment. >> reporter: former president >> reporter: the military council has dissolved the freely elected parliament, and it-- not the new president-- will control the budget, security, the constitution and foreign policy. the military council is now reported to be discussing a deal over the presidency with the muslim brotherhood. it's a far cry from the ideals which drove the tahrir square protestors last year. >> sreenivasan: the generals took power after the ouster of president hos
. >> reporter: the muslim brotherhood candidate, mohammed morsi, is widely believed to have won, but it was a close-run thing and the military may yet announce that their man, general ahmed shafiq, is the victor. today's demonstrators are islamists, the secular young people who spearheaded last year's uprising now pushed to the margins. egypt's military and the brotherhood are pitted against each other as they have been for the last half century. >> the secular political parties and...
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the president went out of his way to say we should not endorse the desecration of mohammed any more than we should endorse the deniers of the holocaust, linking that in common cause. did that go a long way toward mollifying some of that tension? >> well, i thought that was a good point. he also talked about the need for a secure jewish state. something that would be well received in israel. at the same time he called for a separate, prosperous palestinian state. but i think the main issue for the israelis is question of iran. and there the most interesting thing of what the president said was the idea that the iranians don't have unlimited amounts of time in order to see these negotiations play out. the united states is not prepared to see them use negotiations as a stalling tactic behind which they could continue to enrich uranium and get closer to a nuclear weapon. what the president did was set is stage for a debate that would come which is how much time is enough to give negotiations a chance but not too much to the iranians essentially use them to create facts in the way of their nu
the president went out of his way to say we should not endorse the desecration of mohammed any more than we should endorse the deniers of the holocaust, linking that in common cause. did that go a long way toward mollifying some of that tension? >> well, i thought that was a good point. he also talked about the need for a secure jewish state. something that would be well received in israel. at the same time he called for a separate, prosperous palestinian state. but i think the main issue...